Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-08

Ths West Shore. PcrklAnd's well known
and popular Illustrated ma9azine. ap-
pears shis monfh IN rev and much In
proved form.
What b the world coming tof A =.
Louis ehfi4 Of sixteen has murdeFed his
sweasheaEt Of nffssn because she went
slesghriding with another child. Par
hapa. AFTER all taoagA. Il IL not surpris-
ing that skis shocking thing should hap.
pea. Children are prose 70 imatate the
deeds Of their elders. and Il the public In
sists uDon making heroes Of murderers.
Il romantic young women fan in love
with them. II their cells arc hlled with
flowers, and the rope which twists and
turns ike q snake IN its eagsrness 70
tighfen around their worthless necka d
carefully held back from It's prey. who
ean wonder Il children. too. lesk the hero
lam which 4 90 easily attained II rob
bery Il discuassd ct the breakfast table,
murder forms the theme for conversation
81 dinner. and views on Socialism and
Anarchlam are exchanged at supper.
have we anv right 70 complain II oal
children become robbers, murderers and
anarchists
The New York Herald gives the follow
ing Interesting description Of Hayes
nitro giycerlne shell for heavy ordnance
For years the inventive genius Of thiE
country has been wrestling with thi
prob en- Of making gun from which Thu
high explosive could Be 7re6 In q pro1ec
/ tile that would explode By ooncuaBion OF
percussion 1T the moment required. and
only against the object sought 70 be de
strOyed. Many practical difficulties havl
been in the way. First. q shell charges
with nitro-giycerine Is 80 liable to expio
sion that the nero handling Of it In ner
mai condition IL extremely hazardous
and next, such shell discharged from I
cannon by gunpowder 10 almost eartair
TO be exploded b. the conclusion OF tn
diacharRe before Il can leave the gun. II
overcome these difficulties Hayes al
Vida his profeotile into two compart
nenfs, one % which ID charged witt
nitric and sulphurie acid. and the ethe
with giycerine. in themselves. theea
chemicals are not explosive. and the prob
lem Ia 70 manufacture nitro glycerine b.
their cons binati0n durin4 the fight Of tn
she'll Eaeh compartment e securel,
closed with screw stopper. the absolute
Il .EHHInAtlH VI hAAg A1AEI LlgAAAGhAa DokAA "
talned By o simple device which works OF
spindle running Iengthwise through tn
pro)ectile. The bottom Of this spindl
rests slightly en- q decorator. and upol
the outeF end u placed an air wheel
When tho akell is discharged the al
causes the whsel TO revolve this make
the spindle turn. unscrewa the shoppers o
the compartments. and permits the tire
chemicals to oommlngie: At the sam
time the new compound 10 thorough
MIXED by the stirrers attached TO tn
lower part OF the rapidly Fevosvlna
spindle. When the air wheel meets
sufficient resistance tho lower end Of tn
spindle is brought violently into contac
with the detonator, or the same expiosiv
effect Is obtained BY conclusion or peI
cuselon upon hitting the object aimed 81
This Invention seems 70 render the use O
nifr0glycerine safe and practical for al
ordinary purposes. When not In use In
wheels Il removed. thereby making IL I'm
possible 10 open the valve.